Religion in the Public Square

Robert Audi is Charles J. Mach Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Nebraska, the author of numerous books and articles, and the editor of The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy. Nicholas Wolterstorff is Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology at Yale University and the author of, among other books, Divine Discourse and John Locke and the Ethics of Belief.

An extremely valuable contribution on the place of religious ideas in our country's political life. . . . Clearly written and accessible . . . this book will greatly enrich both those seeking an introduction to the place of religious conviction in political life and those who have already engaged that troubling subject.

• Chapter 1 Liberal Democracy and the Place of Religion in PoliticsChapter 2 Separation of Church and State as Addressed to the StateChapter 3 The Libertarian PrincipleChapter 4 The Equalitarian PrincipleChapter 5 The Neutrality PrincipleChapter 6 Religious Obligation and Political ConductChapter 7 Grounds and Dimensions of Religious ObligationChapter 8 The Mutual Independence of Religious Sources of ObligationChapter 9 Connections among Religious and Secular SourceChapter 10 Civic Virtue and Religious ConvictionChapter 11 Civic VirtueChapter 12 Religious Commitment and Moral ObligationChapter 13 Theo-ethical EquilibriumChapter 14 Some Principles and Practices of Civic VirtueChapter 15 Secular RationaleChapter 16 Secular MotivationChapter 17 Civic VoiceChapter 18 The Mutual Integration of Civic and Religious VirtuesChapter 19 The Principle of Theo-ethical EquilibriumChapter 20 Separation of Church and State as Addressed to the ChurchChapter 21 Ecclesiastical NeutralityChapter 22 Clerical NeutralityChapter 23 Some Problems of ApplicationChapter 24 The Role of Religion in Decision and Discussion of Political IssuesChapter 25 The Role of Citizen and Its EthicsChapter 26 What Is a Liberal Democracy? The Liberal PositionChapter 27 The Ethic of the Citizen and Restraints on ReasonChapter 28 Are Religious Reasons too Dangerous to Permit? Locke's Version of the Liberal PositionChapter 29 Rawl's Attempt to Identify the independent SourceChapter 30 Does the Source Yield the Principles needed? Is It Fair to Ask Everyone to Use the Source? Rawl's RationaleChapter 31 What Does Respect Require? No Restraint on Religious ReasonsChapter 32 Do We Need Consensus? The Consocial PositionChapter 33 Application to Public OfficialsChapter 34 Wolterstorff on ReligionChapter 35 Liberalism and ReligionChapter 36 Wolterstorff's Critique of the Liberalism of Locke and RawlsChapter 37 Wolterstorff's Positive View of Religion and PoliticsChapter 38 Audi on Religion, Politics, and Liberal DemocracyChapter 39 Audi's Version of the Liberal PositionChapter 40 Audi's RationaleChapter 41 Evaluation of the RationaleChapter 42 Audi's Independent SourceChapter 43 In SummaryChapter 44 Religion, Politics, and Democracy: Closing Comments and Remaining IssuesChapter 45 The Scope of ImpartialityChapter 46 Consensus versus Majority Preference as Democratic StandardsChapter 47 The Justification of CoercionChapter 48 Liberal Democracy and Mutual RespectChapter 49 Secular Reasons and Secular MotivationChapter 50 Index